Exposure to Intense and Prolonged Noises During Pregnancy (GestaNoise)

Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Status: Completed

Conditions: Noise Exposure

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire about intense noises exposure during pregnancy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05911204

2023-A00588-37

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hearing is an essential element for the development of language and conditions an appropriate cognitive, psychological and social development of children. Therefore, congenital deafness represents a real public health problem, justifying the implementation of a national neonatal screening for hearing disorders in newborns.

The intensity at which the fetus perceives sound at 27-29 weeks of amenorrhea (SA) is about 40 decibels (dB), it recognizes its mother's voice from the 33rd SA, and then its perception capacity evolves to the adult level at term. These data suggest that the fetus is sensitive to its sound environment from the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. The development of hearing could be damaged in case of prolonged exposure to intense noise. Studies have demonstrated an harmful effects of long and sustained exposure to noise on hearing in adults. In addition, a recent survey showed that 40% of the population of Ile-de-France felt that noise had a significant impact on their health . The effects of prolonged loud noise exposure on human fetal hearing are not fully understood and few studies have assessed the prevalence of women exposed to loud and lengthy noise in a population of postpartum women. This study aims evaluating the prevalence and the impacte of an exposure to Intense and Prolonged Noises during Pregnancy.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Woman who gave birth at the Nancy Regional Maternity Hospital
• Woman having received complete information on the organization of the research and not having objected to her participation and the use of her data
• Woman affiliated to a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme
• Woman understanding French and able to complete a self-questionnaire or having the possibility of being assisted for the filling

Exclusion criteria

• Woman for whom a diagnosis of malformation or genetic anomaly of the fetus was established in the antenatal period

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Mothers

Description:

One single group of mothers exposed to intense and sustained noises during pregnancy

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire about intense noises exposure during pregnancy